Library Presentations

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1. Library Orientation
  • Accessing the online catalog
  • Library book prefixes
  • Location of fiction, non-fiction, reference, biographies, collective biographies, story collection, graphic novels, picture books, magazines, etc. (PP)
  • Dewey Decimal System (PP)
  • Using the online catalog to search by title, author, subject, and key word
  • Using Destiny Quest and students' library account
  • Library policies
  • E-books and audiobooks
2. Print reference materials
  • Using non-fiction encyclopedias and reference books
  • Using non-fiction books
  • Nonfiction text features (G-I-I-T-T-T)
3. Electronic reference materials
  • Utah's Online Library
    • Culturegrams (Country and state resources)
    • EBSCO
      • Student Research Center (Newspapers, magazines)
      • Points of View
      • NovelList
    • World Book Encyclopedia
    • Gale Reference Collection
      • Opposing Viewpoints in Context
      • Biographies in Context
      • Global Issues in Context
  • SIRS
    • SIRS Researcher (General reference)
    • SIRS Discoverer (Pros and cons, persuasive essays)
  • World Book Web
    • World Book Advanced (contains primary sources and additional resources not found in Student version
    • World Book Discover (for lower level readers, has audio and translation components and video clips on various subjects)
    • Living Green (environmental, biomes, etc.)
    • Inventions and Discoveries (arranged chronologically in broad categories or can search by topic)
    • Early Peoples (Native Americans, world history, etc.)
  • Website evaluation
  • Webpath Express
  • Effective Google searching (use of phrases, quotation marks, narrowing by site type, etc.)
  • Using Wikipedia responsibly
  • Online references (atlas, thesaurus, dictionary, almanac)
  • Using e-books and audio books
4. Writing argumentative/informative papers
  • Research process overview
  • Formulating questions
  • Formulating a relevant topic or thesis
  • Bibliographic citation
  • Avoiding plagiarism through paraphrasing, summarizing, and quotation
  • Organizing research through outlining
  • Presentation methods
  • Evaluation of product and process in research
5. Reading
  • Speed dating with books
  • Characteristics of literary genres
  • Book talks on unfamiliar genres (multipcultural, short shories, poetry, etc.)
  • Readers' advisory--ideas about how to self-select books
  • Helps in reading your textbook (PP)
  • "Read Around the Library"
  • Lists of free reading books corresponding with Common Core themes
  • Other booklists--I would be glad to help you compile any type of booklists you need
6. Other core curriculum
  • Fact vs. opinion
  • Primary and secondary sources
  • Relevant versus interesting
  • Internet safety
7. Using technology for presentations
  • Brochures
  • PowerPoint
  • Prezi
  • Glogster
  • Excel
  • Animoto
  • Voice Thread